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University of Calgary Gazette, Volume 001, Number 018

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VOLUME 1 NUMBER 18
CALGARY, ALBERTA
JANUARY 13,1972
New dean has definite ideas of what
imiimim
faculty should be
Dr. Robert G. Weyant, newly-
appointed Dean of the Faculty of
Arts and Science.
Dr. Robert G. Weyant, appointed
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and
Science, effective July 1, 1972, has
been closely involved in university
affairs—academic and administrative—since his initial
appointment to The University of
Calgary faculty as Associate
Professor of Psychology in 1965.
In various administrative and
academic levels he has observed
the workings of this university and
has formed some definite opinions
of and goals for the Faculty of Arts
and Science.
Dr. Weyant's administrative
career here was launched less than
one year after his initial appointment to U of C, when he was
made Assistant Head of the
Department of Psychology (1966-
68) and Assistant Dean (Student
Affairs), Faculty of Arts and
Science (1967-68). In 1968 he was
appointed Vice-Dean (Budget and
Staff), Faculty of Arts and Science
and to the General Faculties
Council. This was followed in 1970
by his appointment to the Board of
Governors and in 1971 to the
Business and Finance Policy
Committee.
This concentrated exposure to
budgets and budgetary problems
from the department level through
to the Board of Governors has
made it difficult for Dr. Weyant to
underestimate the significance of
finances for the academic program
of the faculty, but he sees other
problems which concern him
more.
"Universities have survived
financial crises before, but no
university worth the name can
survive the kind of intellectual
lethargy and lack of commitment
which a disinterested faculty and
student body can create," he feels.
"I am very uneasy about the
extent to which the life of this
university is limited to those hours
of the day and those weeks of the
year when classes happen to be in
session. We haven't yet succeeded
in making this university the kind
of 24-hour a day and 12-months a
year intellectual and cultural
centre which a university should
be," he claims, adding, "I hope
that the Arts and Science Faculty
can provide the example in this.
"Instead of booking charter
flights full of our faculty and
students going elsewhere to work
when classes are not in session, we
simply must work to build up our
own library and research facilities
so that our own people can work
here and so that they, in turn, can
attract others. It seems to me that
when we stop trying to be as good
as the best, then we have made a
definite commitment to
mediocrity.
"Faculty members are hired
both to teach and to learn, through
their scholarly and scientific
pursuits. Students, presumably,
come here by their own choice to
learn, in a number of different
ways. One of the major jobs of the
Dean's office is to let them all get
on with the whole process with the
least amount of fuss," is Dr.
Weyant's opinion.
He sees the strengths of the
Faculty of Arts and Science "in its
pockets of real academic excellence."
"We have a number of people
and a number of programs which
are much better than one might
expect to find in a university which
is both relatively new and
relatively isolated. Clearly the
thing to do is to retain this strength
and build on it," Dr. Weyant
suggests.
To this end the new Dean's own
academic interests and research
work span a range of sciences,
reflected in his published articles,
his continued association with
many scientific bodies, his work on
founding committees and the
recognition afforded to him by
leaders in his fields.
Dr. Weyant is Associate Editor
of The Journal of the History of the
Behaviorial Sciences and a
member of the Editorial Board of
The Canadian Psychologist. His
articles and reviews on experimental psychology, history
and philosophy of science, history
of psychology and social history
have been published in the Journal
of Comparative and Physiological
Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology; Animal
Behavior; Contemporary
Psychology; Journal of the History
of the Behavioral Sciences; Isis;
Mind; Canadian Psychologist;
American Psychologist; and
Journal of Psychology.
Dr. Weyant also has prepared
articles at the invitation of
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
(continued on page 2)
Environmental computer
conference held here
Tomorrow's environmental
concerns may be minimized
thanks to a group of Canadian
scientists exploring the use of
computer systems.
The University of Calgary was
the scene recently of a two-day
computer systems conference that
examined the potential of com-
Astrophysical Observatory
third off-campus facility
A.R. (Sandy) Cross, Dr. T. Alan Clark of the Physics Department, and
Chancellor W.A. Friley inspect the 16-inch telescope, largest of the 19
telescopes at the new Astrophysical Observatory. Land for the observatory was donated to the Uof C by Mr. Cross.
Dr. E. Margaret Burbidge,
newly appointed Director of the
Royal Greenwich Observatory in
England officially opened the
university's astrophysical observatory on January 7.
The ceremony, attended by a
small group of invited dignitaries,
by Dr. H.R. Krouse, Head of the
Physics Department, and by a
number of the faculty, marked the
addition of a third off-campus
facility for the U of C. The others
are the Cosmic Ray Station on
Sulphur Mountain and the Environmental Sciences Centre at
Kananaskis.
Chancellor W.A. Friley,
representing President
Carrothers, who was unable to be
present due to previous commitments out of the city, made
special reference to the generosity
of Mr. A.R. (Sandy) Cross who had
donated the land upon which the
observatory was built. In thanking
Mr. Cross, the Chancellor
reminded those present that not
only had this donation, made
through the Alexander Rothney
Cross Foundation, helped to make
the project possible but that part of
the $60,000 provincial government
matching grant, under The Three
Alberta Universities fund, had
enabled the U of C to construct
many of the physical facilities.
Dr. C.E. Challice, who introduced Dr. Burbidge, briefly
traced the academic development
which led to the need for this
facility, beginning in 1957 with the
Cosmic Ray Station. In 1970-71 a
$20,000 capital provision was made
for facilities to teach astronomy
beginning at the first year undergraduate level. Dr. T.A. Clark
was charged with the responsible
use of these funds which included
the purchase of a 16" telescope as
well as some other smaller instruments. He also was charged
with finding a suitable site and has
been among those most closely
related to the subsequent
development of the observatory.
A total of 19 telescopes will be
available for laboratory classes at
the observatory including the main
16" instrument, a Cassegrain
telescope housed in a rotatable
dome, a 3" Schmidt, a 3"
Maksutov, a 4" refractor and a
wide range of smaller Newtonian
telescopes and binoculars.
Dr. Challice also paid tribute to
the Campus Planning Office,
Buildings and Grounds, and the
Fund Raising Office for the key
roles they played in the realization
of the project.
puter systems, particularly that
relating to computer graphics and'
display devices that might assist in
future environmental planning.
The conference was considered
by Environmental Design faculty
members to be extremely successful and useful.
"We now consider that we have
had a convincing demonstration of
the current state of the technology
regarding computer systems in
both the modelling and graphic
modes," Professor R.D. Gillmor,
Program Director, Architecture,
said.
Participating in the two-day
conference were Mr. George Banz,
(continued on page 3)
Archaeology
- theme of a new
course
To think of the West as "young"
in terms of habitation is quite
wrong, since Alberta holds
evidence of prehistoric man dating
to at least 10,000 B.C., maintains
archaeologist Larry Lahren.
In response to a growing public
interest in the early inhabitants of
our area, The University of
Calgary is offering a new course
entitled, "Special Archaeological
Topics", which deals with a wide
range of archaeological questions.
Mr. Lahren , a graduate student
completing his PhD at U of C and
archaeologist for the Museum of
the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana,
will teach the course which began
on Tuesday.
General areas to be covered
include the evolution of man, the
settling of the New World with
specific attention to the paleo-
(continued on page 3)

VOLUME 1 NUMBER 18
CALGARY, ALBERTA
JANUARY 13,1972
New dean has definite ideas of what
imiimim
faculty should be
Dr. Robert G. Weyant, newly-
appointed Dean of the Faculty of
Arts and Science.
Dr. Robert G. Weyant, appointed
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and
Science, effective July 1, 1972, has
been closely involved in university
affairs—academic and administrative—since his initial
appointment to The University of
Calgary faculty as Associate
Professor of Psychology in 1965.
In various administrative and
academic levels he has observed
the workings of this university and
has formed some definite opinions
of and goals for the Faculty of Arts
and Science.
Dr. Weyant's administrative
career here was launched less than
one year after his initial appointment to U of C, when he was
made Assistant Head of the
Department of Psychology (1966-
68) and Assistant Dean (Student
Affairs), Faculty of Arts and
Science (1967-68). In 1968 he was
appointed Vice-Dean (Budget and
Staff), Faculty of Arts and Science
and to the General Faculties
Council. This was followed in 1970
by his appointment to the Board of
Governors and in 1971 to the
Business and Finance Policy
Committee.
This concentrated exposure to
budgets and budgetary problems
from the department level through
to the Board of Governors has
made it difficult for Dr. Weyant to
underestimate the significance of
finances for the academic program
of the faculty, but he sees other
problems which concern him
more.
"Universities have survived
financial crises before, but no
university worth the name can
survive the kind of intellectual
lethargy and lack of commitment
which a disinterested faculty and
student body can create," he feels.
"I am very uneasy about the
extent to which the life of this
university is limited to those hours
of the day and those weeks of the
year when classes happen to be in
session. We haven't yet succeeded
in making this university the kind
of 24-hour a day and 12-months a
year intellectual and cultural
centre which a university should
be," he claims, adding, "I hope
that the Arts and Science Faculty
can provide the example in this.
"Instead of booking charter
flights full of our faculty and
students going elsewhere to work
when classes are not in session, we
simply must work to build up our
own library and research facilities
so that our own people can work
here and so that they, in turn, can
attract others. It seems to me that
when we stop trying to be as good
as the best, then we have made a
definite commitment to
mediocrity.
"Faculty members are hired
both to teach and to learn, through
their scholarly and scientific
pursuits. Students, presumably,
come here by their own choice to
learn, in a number of different
ways. One of the major jobs of the
Dean's office is to let them all get
on with the whole process with the
least amount of fuss," is Dr.
Weyant's opinion.
He sees the strengths of the
Faculty of Arts and Science "in its
pockets of real academic excellence."
"We have a number of people
and a number of programs which
are much better than one might
expect to find in a university which
is both relatively new and
relatively isolated. Clearly the
thing to do is to retain this strength
and build on it," Dr. Weyant
suggests.
To this end the new Dean's own
academic interests and research
work span a range of sciences,
reflected in his published articles,
his continued association with
many scientific bodies, his work on
founding committees and the
recognition afforded to him by
leaders in his fields.
Dr. Weyant is Associate Editor
of The Journal of the History of the
Behaviorial Sciences and a
member of the Editorial Board of
The Canadian Psychologist. His
articles and reviews on experimental psychology, history
and philosophy of science, history
of psychology and social history
have been published in the Journal
of Comparative and Physiological
Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology; Animal
Behavior; Contemporary
Psychology; Journal of the History
of the Behavioral Sciences; Isis;
Mind; Canadian Psychologist;
American Psychologist; and
Journal of Psychology.
Dr. Weyant also has prepared
articles at the invitation of
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of
(continued on page 2)
Environmental computer
conference held here
Tomorrow's environmental
concerns may be minimized
thanks to a group of Canadian
scientists exploring the use of
computer systems.
The University of Calgary was
the scene recently of a two-day
computer systems conference that
examined the potential of com-
Astrophysical Observatory
third off-campus facility
A.R. (Sandy) Cross, Dr. T. Alan Clark of the Physics Department, and
Chancellor W.A. Friley inspect the 16-inch telescope, largest of the 19
telescopes at the new Astrophysical Observatory. Land for the observatory was donated to the Uof C by Mr. Cross.
Dr. E. Margaret Burbidge,
newly appointed Director of the
Royal Greenwich Observatory in
England officially opened the
university's astrophysical observatory on January 7.
The ceremony, attended by a
small group of invited dignitaries,
by Dr. H.R. Krouse, Head of the
Physics Department, and by a
number of the faculty, marked the
addition of a third off-campus
facility for the U of C. The others
are the Cosmic Ray Station on
Sulphur Mountain and the Environmental Sciences Centre at
Kananaskis.
Chancellor W.A. Friley,
representing President
Carrothers, who was unable to be
present due to previous commitments out of the city, made
special reference to the generosity
of Mr. A.R. (Sandy) Cross who had
donated the land upon which the
observatory was built. In thanking
Mr. Cross, the Chancellor
reminded those present that not
only had this donation, made
through the Alexander Rothney
Cross Foundation, helped to make
the project possible but that part of
the $60,000 provincial government
matching grant, under The Three
Alberta Universities fund, had
enabled the U of C to construct
many of the physical facilities.
Dr. C.E. Challice, who introduced Dr. Burbidge, briefly
traced the academic development
which led to the need for this
facility, beginning in 1957 with the
Cosmic Ray Station. In 1970-71 a
$20,000 capital provision was made
for facilities to teach astronomy
beginning at the first year undergraduate level. Dr. T.A. Clark
was charged with the responsible
use of these funds which included
the purchase of a 16" telescope as
well as some other smaller instruments. He also was charged
with finding a suitable site and has
been among those most closely
related to the subsequent
development of the observatory.
A total of 19 telescopes will be
available for laboratory classes at
the observatory including the main
16" instrument, a Cassegrain
telescope housed in a rotatable
dome, a 3" Schmidt, a 3"
Maksutov, a 4" refractor and a
wide range of smaller Newtonian
telescopes and binoculars.
Dr. Challice also paid tribute to
the Campus Planning Office,
Buildings and Grounds, and the
Fund Raising Office for the key
roles they played in the realization
of the project.
puter systems, particularly that
relating to computer graphics and'
display devices that might assist in
future environmental planning.
The conference was considered
by Environmental Design faculty
members to be extremely successful and useful.
"We now consider that we have
had a convincing demonstration of
the current state of the technology
regarding computer systems in
both the modelling and graphic
modes," Professor R.D. Gillmor,
Program Director, Architecture,
said.
Participating in the two-day
conference were Mr. George Banz,
(continued on page 3)
Archaeology
- theme of a new
course
To think of the West as "young"
in terms of habitation is quite
wrong, since Alberta holds
evidence of prehistoric man dating
to at least 10,000 B.C., maintains
archaeologist Larry Lahren.
In response to a growing public
interest in the early inhabitants of
our area, The University of
Calgary is offering a new course
entitled, "Special Archaeological
Topics", which deals with a wide
range of archaeological questions.
Mr. Lahren , a graduate student
completing his PhD at U of C and
archaeologist for the Museum of
the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana,
will teach the course which began
on Tuesday.
General areas to be covered
include the evolution of man, the
settling of the New World with
specific attention to the paleo-
(continued on page 3)